Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Ground
Ground verb - To find a basis.
How words are described
| old | old close | old ground |
| low | low close | low ground |
| safe | safe close | safe ground |
| best | best close | best ground |
| Other adjectives: normal, perfect, actual, real, big, little, last, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Also known as a "buzz job," this is when a pilot, or someone who can fly somehow, makes a fast pass very low to the ground or close to a target with the intent to startle or frighten.
Source: Buzzing the Deck - In the first Mass Effect, Wrex tells Shepherd of how his father, Jarrod, called him to a Crush, a meeting between rival Krogan clans, at the Hollows, as close to sacred ground as Krogans get.
Source: Holy Ground - You can do that by getting close, wrestling them to the ground, and immobilizing them, but not just by being close.
Source: Tabletop Game / Burning Wheel
Cite this Source
Ground and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/ground
Close & Ground. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/ground>.
Ground or Close. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/ground.
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